Middle school art sketchbook ideas

Former students attending a charter school with no art....a 2nd grader who is asking for art homework...and others out there looking for ideas to help them create...... HERE YOU GO!!! By no means is this an exhausted list of ideas...but it is a place to start!! I may add more to this over time. I hope that it helps some of you looking for direction!! I would print this list out & place it in your sketch book/note book. That way you can check off the ideas as you create them. Items can be…

Back in June I began thinking about my journey into middle school art. I also knew that I wanted my students to have a sketchbook for their ...

Here are some sketchbook examples by my 8th graders. They receive an assignment every two weeks. They are given the assignment on a mon...

New on the blog, tips on creating middle school art curriculum. It's all about engagement, building confidence, and scaffolding techniques. Similar to elementary, I like to use the elements of art and principles of design as the backbone of my middle school curriculum.

For our final work in our portrait unit, we completed a Surrealist-style collage drawing. We had previously spent a lot of time drawing realistic portraits and features so this time around we complete

Teaching perspective drawing to seventh graders has always been a highlight for me. This is one of those magical moments where the curriculum meets the students everywhere they need to be met.

Mini Projects: Projects are graded based on participation They are must to be a one or two day project They are designed that you build skills and learn new techniques Typically these projects are completed on Fridays If a student is behind on the main project, a mini project will be skipped.

In a middle school art class, I have students who have completed the project on day two, and students who won't finish until day seven. This leaves a lot of down time for students and after 13 years of teaching (currently my 7th in middle) I've finally devised a plan. Some options students always have are to play board games that I have purchased at goodwill over the years, or they can read, free-draw or just sit and talk with their friends. However, I do have some more anti-social students…

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